[ LETTER ]

Get the Message About Guns

Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 12:05 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 12:05 a.m.

It just seems that some people are not getting the message that our average citizen does not want to take guns away from people. What we would like is some control over who is allowed to purchase these assault rifles that kill so many people at one deranged act of irregularity. They have no place in the hands of hunters, so why are hunters concerned? Are they so naive to believe NRA when they say, if they take our assault weapons, what's next?

No one has yet told me why the mother of the person whose son was involved in the last school shooting, chose to buy an assault rifle. Did she purchase it because her son wanted it, and for what reason? Did she purchase it for her own protection against intruders? Or, as scary as this sounds, did she want it for her own protection in case her son might have a violent streak at home, because day in and day out he watches violent videos and movies where killing the most people makes you the winner?

NRA is not doing anything to curb these violent videos and movies. And most of all, they seem to be doing little to keep these assault weapons out of the hands of people who should not have them. Therefore, our average citizen is crying out that the government must now do something. I am a gun owner … get the message, NRA members, lobbyists and gun owners.

<p>It just seems that some people are not getting the message that our average citizen does not want to take guns away from people. What we would like is some control over who is allowed to purchase these assault rifles that kill so many people at one deranged act of irregularity. They have no place in the hands of hunters, so why are hunters concerned? Are they so naive to believe NRA when they say, if they take our assault weapons, what's next?</p><p>No one has yet told me why the mother of the person whose son was involved in the last school shooting, chose to buy an assault rifle. Did she purchase it because her son wanted it, and for what reason? Did she purchase it for her own protection against intruders? Or, as scary as this sounds, did she want it for her own protection in case her son might have a violent streak at home, because day in and day out he watches violent videos and movies where killing the most people makes you the winner?</p><p>NRA is not doing anything to curb these violent videos and movies. And most of all, they seem to be doing little to keep these assault weapons out of the hands of people who should not have them. Therefore, our average citizen is crying out that the government must now do something. I am a gun owner … get the message, NRA members, lobbyists and gun owners.</p><p>EDWARD YOUNG</p><p>Mulberry</p>